Direct Support Professional
Job description
$1,000 Sign on Bonus
Virtual Orientation Now Available!!!
Devereux's DSP hourly rate is starting at $17.95 and increases
with education and experience !!!!
Are you interested in making an impact on the lives of individuals with intellectual/developmental/behavioral health disabilities? Do you enjoy helping others strive to their full potential?
If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!
Being DSP has its Advantages
- Ensure our individuals are active, engaged, and productive by overseeing their vocational program.
- Actively supervise, coach, and mentor Direct Support Professionals and Employment Training Specialists.
- Responsible for interviewing and hiring vocational staff, performance management, attendance management, payroll accuracy and training compliance of each team member.
- Ensure all shifts within the vocational program are adequately covered and done so in a way to allow the program to function as a profitable entity.
- Supervise the planning, implementation, and documentation of programs designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and personal needs of our individuals.
- Plan community based activities for our individuals.
- Schedule and transport our individuals to community based activities and job placement.
Competitive Salary and Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health provides a comprehensive health and wellness program to eligible full-time employees, family members and domestic partners. Our health and wellness programs include medical (including medical care via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, mental health services and an employee assistance / work-life balance program. In addition, we offer tuition assistance, generous time-off and a 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, along with voluntary/employee paid vision, supplemental life and accident coverage to full-time employees.
Quality Low-Cost Benefits, plus student loan debt assistance and 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! http://benefits.devereux.org
The schedule for this position is Part Time, 9a-2:30p M-F
Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 283 COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires unvaccinated staff without a medical or religious exemption requires the following:
- Must receive the first dose prior to their start date, if you are receiving a 2 dose vaccine, your second dose is three weeks after your first dose.
- You will also need to receive your booster shot by 3/30 or within 3 weeks of becoming eligible based on CDC guidelines, whichever is later. Currently those guidelines call for booster shots 5 months after receiving the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or 2 months after receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The order requires all staff eligible receive the booster to be considered up to date on their vaccinations.
- If you are already fully vaccinated, you will need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or have an approved medical or religious exemption prior to starting.
- Be 21 years of age or older (required).
- 1 year of supervisory experience
- Have a High School Diploma or GED (required), with a Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred.
- Have a valid driver's license.
- Have a minimum of 2 years' experience working with individuals with intellectual, developmental, and/or behavioral health disabilities, with at least 1 of those years in a supervisory capacity within the DDD field.
- Be empathetic and have a team approach to care for our individuals.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Be energetic, creative, and have a sense of humor.
- Be able to attend 10 days of in-house orientation on weekdays.
- Be able to lift up to 50+ pounds and perform Safe and Positive Approaches.
- Have a high level of comfort with hands on hygiene care (including diapering and showering)
- Fee for Service knowledge is a plus.
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
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